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Burmese Days
Burmese Days | George Orwell
Set in the days of the Empire, with the British ruling in Burma, Burmese Days describes both indigenous corruption and Imperial bigotry, when 'after all, natives were natives - interesting, no doubt, but finally only a "subject" people, an inferior people with black faces'. Against the prevailing orthodoxy, Flory, a white timber merchant, befriends Dr Veraswami, a black enthusiast for Empire. The doctor needs help. U Po Kyin, Sub- divisional Magistrate of Kyauktada, is plotting his downfall. The only thing that can save him is European patronage: membership of the hitherto all-white Club. While Flory prevaricates, beautiful Elizabeth Lackersteen arrives in Upper Burma from Paris. At last, after years of 'solitary hell', romance and marriage appear to offer Flory an escape from the 'lie' of the 'pukka sahib pose'.
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Cazxxx
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Set in Burma in the 1920‘s this describes British imperialism and racism in that time. A group of white men who are members of a club that really has no purpose other than drinking decide who can and can‘t join. The characters are vile but Orwell manages to inject some humour into his writing making this more of an enjoyable read than I thought

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Bookwormjillk
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Starting the day with tea, toast, and Orwell.

Read.Riot Have you read Down and Out in Paris and London? 2y
Bookwormjillk @Read.Riot Not yet! 2y
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Simona
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#ReadingAsia2021 was fun challenge, a lot of so-so books, but interesting countries to explore through literature. The biggest positive surprised for me was Orwell‘s Burmese Days, and my two favourite books from this challenge: family saga The Eight Life by N. Haratischvili, and light cozy mystery Aunty Lee‘s Chilled Revenge by Ovidia Yu. My book for Tibet was Child of Tibet by Soname Yangchen, but unfortunately, the country isn‘t on the map.

Librarybelle Congratulations! Amazing job! Thanks for joining us this year! 3y
BarbaraBB You‘re this years first to accomplish the challenge, congratulations! I screenshot your choices and hope you‘ll join us for #ReadingAfrica2022 as well! 3y
Liz_M Impressive! 3y
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Simona @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB Thanks 😊 and thank you for organising this challenge❣️ And of course I‘m going to join you for Reading Africa 🤓 It‘s too soon to already make the list? 😘😂 3y
Simona @Liz_M Thanks 🙏 It was interesting and fun challenge! 3y
ReadingEnvy I love love love The Eighth Life. 3y
BarbaraBB Not at all, you‘re not the only one. 3y
Simona Me too @ReadingEnvy It‘s so rich in history and personal stories of those women are so smoothly intertwined through it. 3y
Simona @BarbaraBB Hmmm …. some countries could be tricky, that‘s true, but I‘m going to leave the pleasure to compile the list for the end of the year. 3y
BarbaraBB Me too! It‘s always something to look forward to! 3y
jenniferw88 @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle haha! I may have already been buying books ready for Africa! 🤣🤣🤣 3y
Librarybelle @jenniferw88 😂 I am starting to note some books for next year too! @BarbaraBB 3y
jenniferw88 @Librarybelle i have books for 20 countries out of 54 (not including territories/dependents)! Only pencilling in for now. @BarbaraBB 3y
BarbaraBB @jenniferw88 That is amazing! I‘d be very curious to see what you‘ve got! @Librarybelle 3y
jenniferw88 @BarbaraBB I may have just bought a couple more! @Librarybelle 3y
Librarybelle So prepared…I love it, @jenniferw88 ! @BarbaraBB 3y
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Simona
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The story is set in #Myanmar and fantastically outlines imperialism, racism and colonialist thinking. The characters are very diverse in their desires (some are too comical for my taste) but they all share their superior beliefs. My only major complaint is rushed ending.
I don‘t know why, but I had a lot of resistance toward this book. My attitude, when I started with reading, was - let‘s get over with it, but to my surprise I really liked it.

Librarybelle Woohoo! 3y
Suet624 Let‘s get this over with. I feel ya. 3y
BarbaraBB One I need to read too. 3y
IuliaC I kept postponing reading it too and then to my surprise I enjoyed it 3y
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Simona
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Last #weeklyforecast for February 😲 Only two books for Reading Asia challenge and one audiobook just for fun🥴

Cinfhen I know...it‘s almost March 😳 3y
rockpools It‘s always good to have a ‘just for fun‘ read in the mix! 3y
Simona @rockpools The title is very promising 🥂 and sounds like a different look on the history. 3y
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Creadnorthey
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This is Pride & Prejudice gone bad- but most definitely not a bad book. Definitely some prep for 1984, a love affair always going wrong, wrapped up in oppression, repression and entitled racism; and that‘s not even the half of it.

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LouiseWalters
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Beautiful

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Ye_Mighty_Andy_Spare
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Story focuses on a group of British imperialists in Burma in the 1920s. An astonishing cavalcade of despicable characters, each more vile and loathsome than the last. Orwell spent five years in Burma in the military police, and this was the first novel he wrote. You can feel him seething with indignation as he writes, and you seethe along with him. Savagely well written.

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Currey
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#Myanmar #burma #readaroundtheworld Finally finished the first novel by Orwell which already shows his hatred for imperialism and racism. It is full of clear, precise descriptions of Burma in the days of the British Raj and is populated by loathsome characters of every ethnicity, although the British top the pile. One is only mildly hoping for the least loathsome of the colonial white degenerates to triumph. I continue to read more about Burma.

BarbaraBB Beautiful picture! 6y
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everlocalwest
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A severely #underratedread and my favorite ending to any book ever...which probably says a lot about me, unfortunately. #riotgrams

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Vikz
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#aprilbookshowers #setinsoutheastasia Have you read any? 😊

Ole Singapore Grip is an my TBR. Have read the two first if The Empire Trilogy. 7y
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McFarchie
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Anyone with one of these knows exactly what I mean. 🙀

Suzze 🐱🐱💕💕 7y
rubyslippersreads 😻😸😻 7y
OrangeMooseReads 😻❤ 7y
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DebinHawaii 🐱❤️ 7y
EmilyAnne Mine usually falls off the bookshelf when she does that 😹 7y
Joybishoptx Yep! 😻😻😻 7y
Bette Ours likes the top of the frig...scares the crap out of me! 😂😂😂🐱❤️ 7y
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Kathrin
Burmese Days (Revised) | George Orwell
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The novel gives one a good feel for the time of the place and it's nicely interwoven with the plot. So much drama!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Kathrin
Burmese Days (Revised) | George Orwell
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Pooches don't care if it's the weekend or a week day... They want breakfast to be served at 6am sharp... Oh well... Who needs sleep anyways?? 😴

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